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2. Bunratty Castle - Wikipedia

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   Bunratty Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhun Raithe) is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village , by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis , near Shannon Town and its airport .

3. List of castles in Ireland - Wikipedia

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   Almost two hundred years later in 1837, Duke George Montagu built the current castle to serve as the residence of the Montagu family in Ireland. In the 1950s, the castle and estate were sold by Alexander Montagu to a business man from Tandragee by the name of Mr. Hutchison, and so the castle came to house the Tayto potato crisp factory and the ...

4. Bunratty - Wikipedia

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   Bunratty (Irish: Bun na Raite, meaning "end of the Raite" [2]) is a village in County Clare, Ireland, near Bunratty Castle. It is connected by the N18 road to Limerick and Galway . The Raite river defines the parish's eastern boundary and flows into the Shannon Estuary , which defines the southern boundary.

5. County Clare - Wikipedia

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   View from aircraft as it comes down to land at Shannon Airport Bunratty Castle. Clare is served by two national primary roads—a classification referring to the major routes between major urban centres in Ireland. [47] This includes the N18 connecting Limerick to Galway, which passes through Ennis and by route of the N19—Shannon. [47]

6. Solar (room) - Wikipedia

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   South Solar of Bunratty Castle in County Clare, Ireland. The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, mostly on an upper storey, designed as the family's private living and sleeping quarters. [1] Within castles they are often called the "Lords' and Ladies' Chamber" or the "Great Chamber". [1]

7. St Patrick's (civil parish, Clare and Limerick) - Wikipedia

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   The portion in County Clare was in the barony of Bunratty Lower, and was known as the Kilquane district. It contains the village of Ardnacrusha. The parish is 4 by 2.5 miles (6.4 by 4.0 km) and covers 722 acres (292 ha) of the borough, 793 acres (321 ha) of Clanwilliam and 3,894 acres (1,576 ha) of Bunratty. [2]

8. Newmarket-on-Fergus - Wikipedia

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   The English rendering of the name 'Newmarket-on-Fergus' probably owes its origin to the fact that an older 'Market' at nearby Bunratty (on the Ogarney River) predated the 'newer' market located at the village and hence Newmarket-on-Fergus; there is also a popular myth attributing the name-change to Lord Inchiqin who supposedly renamed the village after the famous racecourse, and following a ...

9. Quin, County Clare - Wikipedia

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   Quin (Irish: Cuinche, meaning 'Arbutus' [2]) is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The name also refers to a civil parish in the barony of Bunratty Upper, and to an ecclesiastical parish of the same name. The main attraction in the vicinity is Quin Abbey, the ruins of Franciscan friary, which is open to the public. Although roofless ...